Comma Press

Comma Press is a publishing house based in Manchester, United Kingdom, that publishes short story anthologies and single-author collections in paperback and eBook formats.

Comma Press
Founded2002
FounderRa Page
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationManchester
DistributionNBN International (UK)
Independent Publishers Group (US)[1]
Publication typesBooks
Official websitecommapress.co.uk

History

Comma Press was founded in 2002 by Ra Page, a former editor at Manchester's City Life magazine. Comma Press is one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations for the funding period from 2018 to 2022.[2]

Comma is a founding member and coordinator of The Northern Fiction Alliance, a cohort assembled to showcase the output of northern independent presses.[3][4]

Publications

Comma Press publishes anthologies of short stories, including the BBC National Short Story Award Anthology.[5]

Comma runs the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire.[6][7][8]

Awards

In June 2017 Comma was awarded the inaugural "Northern Publisher of the Year" award at the Northern Soul Awards in Manchester.[9][10][11]

References
  1. "Trade Orders". Comma Press. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. "The data: 2018-22". Arts Council England.
  3. "About the Northern Fiction Alliance". Northern Fiction Alliance. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "Northern Fiction Alliance". Comma Press. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. BBC National Short Story Award
  6. "Prizes". Comma Press. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. "The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2021". National Association of Writers in Education. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. "Creative writing competition: The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2020". Writers Online. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  9. "The Northern Soul Awards 2017: The Winners". Northern Soul. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  10. "Northern Soul : Northern Publisher of the Year 2017 Winner". Comma Press. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  11. "7 Top BAME Book Publishers". Writing Tips Oasis. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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